Ways Of Dealing With Writers Block

Writers block, it’s something that any author will have. No matter what they have to write, it will attack them at one point or another while working. It’s that point when you sit staring at the paper, nothing coming out. Or that you are sitting at the computer, hands on keyboard, but words just won’t get there.

Almost as if your brain isn’t communicating with your body somehow. Writing isn’t the easiest thing to do in the world, and when that block comes up. Well you might as forget about it for a while. All the good author’s have had problems with it before, and they will again.

Buying and using a book that contains writing prompts may help free up the mind a bit. However, if you’re really in a deep problem of writers block, it may not help. Try writing about anything and everything that you can think of.

Sit outside and look around, make up a story about a situation or a car that you see. These are all ways that you may be able to jump start the muse in you. But if you begin to get too frustrated and can’t think of a thing, walk away.

Do something different, head out and see a movie, or walk around the mall. Anything that will give you new things to look at and do. Perhaps something you see will be just the trigger that is needed. That certain thing that will get your mind back in line, and your words flowing free again.

If you want to try and force yourself on those days to try and do a prompt, have at it. But it can possibly make the problem even worse. So instead just get up and do anything else but write.

Surely you won’t have it for the rest of your life. Once it’s gone get back up and do it all again!

Tom Binns practices creativity coaching from the webpage The Creativity Practice